OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Southeastern Naturalist is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Status and Distribution of Alligator Snapping Turtles (Macrochelys temminckii) in Northern Louisiana	12
Looking for Lazarus: Environmental DNA (eDNA) Surveillance of the Federally Threatened Slender Chub (Erimystax cahni) in the Clinch and Powell Rivers	10
Genetic Monitoring of Wild and Captive Populations of Barrens Topminnow (Fundulus Julisia)	8
Alabama's Crayfish Species Count Reaches Century Mark: Confirmation of Procambarus barbiger Occurring in Alabama	8
Uninvited Guests: Identifying Parasites and Other Nest Associates of Solitary Bees and Wasps Using Artificial Nest Sites in North Central Florida	8
Variation in Relative Abundance, Population Structure, and Body Size of the Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys suwanniensis) in the Suwannee River	7
An Overview of Triadica sebifera (Chinese Tallowtree) in the Southern United States, Emphasizing Pollinator Impacts and Classical Biological Control	7
Limited Morphological Differences of Brown Anoles (Anolis sagrei) between Their Native Cuban and Invasive Florida Range	7
Understory Composition and Structure Influences Deer and Turkey Habitat in Southern Pine Stands	6
Distribution and Relative Abundance of Macrochelys (Alligator Snapping Turtles) in the Florida Panhandle	6
A Camera-trap Survey Targeting Herpetofauna at Naval Air Station, Key West, Florida	6
Georgia Distribution and Characterization of Species within the Eurycea quadridigitata Complex	6
Observations of the Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle from the Okefenokee Swamp	5
Camera-Trapping Survey for Plains Spotted Skunk (Spilogale putorius interrupta) in Eastern Oklahoma	5
Late-Summer Fire Provides Long-Term Control of the Invasive Old World Bluestem (Bothriochloa ischaemum)	4
Comparison of the Relative Abundance of Potential Prey to the Diet of the Louisiana Pine Snake (Pituophis ruthveni)	4
Big Turtles Start Small: Trapping Juvenile Alligator Snapping Turtles in South Mississippi and Implications for Conservation	4
Assessing the Health of a Stream in East Texas: An Approach Using Aquatic Invertebrates and Fish as Bioindicators	3
Wild Pig Resource Selection in an Agro-Forested Landscape of Southwestern Georgia, USA	3
eDNA Illuminates Broader-Than-Expected Distribution of an Imperiled Freshwater Darter Species (Percidae: Etheostoma striatulum) in the Duck River, Tennessee	3
A Species Bioprofile for the Asian Water Monitor (Varanus salvator)	3
Bite-Force Scaling across Size Classes in the Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) and the Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)	3
Movements and Habitat Use of Bog Turtles in a Southern Appalachian Bog	3
Condition and Coloration of Lingual Lures of Alligator Snapping Turtles	3
Observations of a Nuclear–follower Foraging Association between Spiny Softshell Turtles (Apalone spinifera) and Fish in an Urban Drainage Canal in Louisiana	3

Direct Observation of Muskrat Feeding on Crayfish	3
New Location Records for Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) Captured during Fishery Surveys in Alabama	3
Review of the Biology, Life History, and Ecology of Spot, Leiostomus xanthurus, and a Comparison between the Gulf of Mexico and the Western North Atlantic Populations	2
Post-Breeding Movement, Habitat Selection, and Natural History of Collinses' Mountain Chorus Frog in North Carolina	2
Distribution Patterns and Factors Influencing Relative Abundance of the Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) in Mississippi	2
Nesting Behavior and Ecology in a Captive Population of Alligator Snapping Turtles (Macrochelys temminckii)	2
First Observation of Sea Stars (Luidia senegalensis) in Florida with Sea Star Wasting Disease	2
Extralimital Occurrences of Southeastern Myotis in Alabama and Georgia	2
Impacts of a Severe Hailstorm on a White-Tailed Deer Population in East-Central Alabama	2
Burrow Excavation by an Eastern Spotted Skunk and Visitation by a Long-Tailed Weasel	2
Optimizing Select Fraser Fir (Abies fraseri) Reforestation Methods within an Artificial Bald at Mount Buckley, Great Smoky Mountains National Park	2
A Species Profile for the Black Spiny-Tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura similis)	2
The Complex Root System of Marsh Shrub Peelbark St. Johnswort (Hypericum fasciculatum) in South Florida	2
Drones Assist in the First Report of a Mixed-Species Group of Tursiops truncatus (Common Bottlenose Dolphin) and a Stenella frontalis (Atlantic Spotted Dolphin) along the Southeast Florida Coast	2
Population Persistence and Landscape Use of Eurasian Collared-Dove in the Northern Pee Dee Region of the Carolinas	2
Preliminary Evaluation of Two Active-Sampling Methods for Crayfishes on the Southern Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee	2
The Relationship between Female Body Size and Clutch Size in Frosted Flatwoods Salamanders (Ambystoma cingulatum)	2
Comparing Aratus pisonii Distributions across Built and Woody Habitats along a Population Range Margin	2
Effects of Hen Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) Incubation Recess Behavior on Survival and Nest Survival in Florida	2
Dung Beetle Community Composition in the Presence and Absence of Mesopredators in a Longleaf Pine Forest	2
Characterization of a Disjunct Population of Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) and Surrounding Plant Communities in the North Carolina Piedmont after 65 Years of Forest Change	2
Short-Term Effects of Two Hurricanes on Bird Populations in Southwestern Louisiana	2
Effects of Hurricane Laura on Summer Bat Activity in Central Louisiana	2
Barn Owl (Tyto alba) Prey from Pellets Collected during Periods of Deficit and Abundant Precipitation in Claiborne County, Tennessee	2
Non-Breeding Behavior and Diet of Loggerhead Shrikes in an Intensive Agricultural Region	2
Type Specimens Held in the Fungal, Lichen, and Myxomycete Collections of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU)	2
Are Solunar Charts as Predictable as They Claim? Comparing Solunar Ratings to Activity Patterns of Male White-Tailed Deer	2
Diel Activity Relationships of Sympatric White-Tailed Deer, Black Bear, and Wild Pig Populations in the Southern Appalachian Mountains of Georgia	2
Noteworthy Books	2
Survey of Lichen Diversity and Abundance in a Florida Scrub in Relation to Various Temporal Stages of Burn Recovery	2
First Recorded Observations of Luidia Senegalensis Adults in a Northeast Florida Lagoonal Estuary	2
Biology and Conservation of Alligator Snapping Turtles (Macrochelys)Dedication	1
Spring Migration Behavior of Female Indiana Bats Overwintering in Arkansas	1
Noteworthy Books	1
The Robber Flies (Diptera: Asilidae) of Longleaf Pine Habitats on Fort Stewart, Georgia	1
Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Eggs Associated with Nest Chambers of the Trap-Jaw Ant Odontomachus brunneus	1
New State Record of Phytomyza Ditmani Kulp (Diptera: Agromyzidae) in Arkansas	1
Distribution and Roost Site Selection of Eastern Small-Footed Bats (Myotis leibii) in Mountains of West-Central Arkansas	1
Diets of Black Vultures and Turkey Vultures in Coastal South Carolina, USA with a Review of Species' Dietary Information	1
Increasing Detections of Small to Medium-Sized Mammals Using Multiple Game Cameras	1
Factors Influencing Wood Stork Prey Biomass in Roadside Created Wetlands	1
First Comprehensive Biodiversity Assessment of Green Glades Ranches West, Hendry County, Florida	1
Maximum Size and Longevity in Pygmy Rattlesnakes (Sistrurus miliarius): The Importance of Field Data	1
Anthropogenic Threats to Alligator Snapping Turtles (Chelydridae: Macrochelys)	1
Habitat Suitability Modeling and Site Verification for the White Fringeless Orchid (Platanthera integrilabia) in Alabama	1
Ecology of Conocephalum salebrosum (Snakeskin Liverwort) in Western North Carolina Streams	1
Using Local Ecological Knowledge to Document Distribution and Temporal Patterns of Macrochelys temminckii in Texas	1
Diminished Seed Banks of Two Endemic Scrub Herbs in Roadside Habitat Belie Their Population Booms: Are Robust Roadside Populations a Conservation Mirage?	1
Clay Models and eDNA are Useful Tools for Identifying Predators of Salamanders	1
First Documentation of a Larval Eastern Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis) in a Bear Creek Tributary, Mississippi	1

Examination of Plains Spotted Skunk (Spilogale interrupta) Burrow Systems	1
Ecological Aspects of the Pirate Perch (Aphredoderus Sayanus) in East Texas Streams	1
Vertebrate Fauna Associated with Gopher Tortoise Burrows in Southeastern Florida	1
American Black Bears Depredate American Alligator Nests in South Florida	1
Microhabitat Use of Turquoise Darters (Etheostoma inscriptum) in Two Streams in the Georgia Piedmont	1
Changes in the Forest Bat Community After Arrival of White-Nose Syndrome in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas	1
Population Characteristics of the Etheostoma pallididorsum Distler and Metcalf (Paleback Darter), a Narrowly Distributed Endemic in the Ouachita Highlands, Arkansas	1
Observations of Male Combat in Alligator Snapping Turtles in Florida and Georgia	1
Status, Distribution, and Management of Gopher Tortoises in Highly Urbanized Southeastern Florida	1
Using Morphological, Genetic, and Venom Analyses to Present Current and Historic Evidence of Crotalus horridus x adamanteus Hybridization on Jekyll Island, Georgia	1
Prevalence and Extent of Shell Lesions in a Wild Population of Young Gopherus polyphemus (Gopher Tortoise) in Florida	1
Expanded Geographic Distribution of Multisystemic Enterococcosis Caused by Enterococcus lacertideformus in the Invasive Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei) in Florida	1
Occurrence of Golden Topminnow, Fundulus chrysotus, in the San Marcos River, Texas	1
Documenting Wild Turkey Breeding Patterns in North Carolina with Camera Traps	1
High Genetic Diversity and Low Differentiation in Colonized Coyote Populations Across South Carolina	1
Distribution and Relative Abundance of Eastern Spotted Skunk Records across Their Range	1
Evidence of Sexual Dichromatism in the Striped Mojarra (Eugerres plumieri, Gerreidae)	1
Temporal Assessment of Eastern Spotted Skunk Geographic Distribution	1
Insect Interactions of Spiranthes Magnicamporum (Orchidacea) in the Black Belt Prairie of Mississippi	1
Fecundity of the Stream Leuciscid Luxilus chrysocephalus (Striped Shiner) in the Flint River of Alabama	1
The Influence of Urbanization on Bat Species Composition and Activity in Baton Rouge, Louisiana	1
Distribution and Abundance of Graptemys Species (G. nigrinoda and G. pulchra) in the Tombigbee River System of Northeastern Mississippi	1
Noteworthy Books	1
First Time's a Charm? Loggerhead Neophyte Mothers Have Higher Hatch Success	1
Live Coloration and Schooling Behavior of Juvenile Sharptail Mola, Masturus lanceolatus (Tetraodontiformes: Molidae), Off South Florida	1